Flexural anisotropy of rift-sawn softwood boards induced by the end-grain orientation
Abstract Inspired by the use of rift-sawn softwood board for covering curved surfaces in Kokerabuki, a traditional Japanese roofing method, we investigated the flexural anisotropy of wood caused by its end-grain orientation.We measured the flexural Kits displacement of softwood species, Chamaecyparis obtusa and Cryptomeria japonica, and hardwood sp